"If you tell the truth, does the fact that nobody's listening make it a lie?"

K.J. Parker, The Escapement


"If a tree fell in the forest, She didn't hear it, would I still be wrong?"

The Notorious Cherry Bombs
"It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"

"Students are mysterious creatures with amazing powers"


Rookie Teaching for Dummies

(I wish I'd bought stock in the Dummies series... but if I was smart enough to do that, I wouldn't need the books...)

"For one swallow does not make a summer,
nor does one day;
and so too one day, or a short time,
does not make a man blessed or happy."

Aristotle

"Being a pacifist between wars is as easy as being a vegetarian between meals."

Ammon Hennacy
pacifist, anarcist, never paid taxes


"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

Leo Tolstoy


"There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in view. By anarchy I mean first an absolute rejection of violence."

Jaques Ellul
philosopher

"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it."


Christopher Morley
American author & journalist (1890 - 1957)

A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist."
"However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."


Stephen Crane, War is Kind and Other Lines

"Intellect, emotion, and spirit depend on one another for wholeness."

"I am a teacher at heart, and there are moments in the classroom when I can hardly hold the joy."


Parker J. Palmer The Courage to Teach




One of my goals in life is to one day be able to say that, and know exactly what it feels like...

"Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy..."

St. Francis, as told to Dear Abby (?)


didn't realize they knew each other...